Ngc1532

[Ken Crawford]

Hello,

I finally got around to processing this data that I have had for awhile now. I was not able to get as deep of color data as I like to because of the weather at Moorook during imaging time.

Using color boosting methods I was able to squeeze out the image of this interesting pair of interacting galaxies.

http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/NGC1532/NGC1532.htm

The image is cropped a bit for framing.

Thanks for taking a look,

Kindest Regards,

[Hagar]

Lovely image Ken.... Such detail for so little exposure.
I have gone over your tutorials and the have helped me a great deal. Many thanks

[TrevorW]

Lovely image Ken well worth a look

[renormalised]

Great piccie, Ken:)

I like the idea of being able to use the zoom function on your image to take a closer look at it.

[allan gould]

Currently using/reading your tutorials and they are of immense help and interest.
By the way - great shot, love the detail and all the little galaxies in your shot.

[multiweb]

Great picture. I too really enjoy your video tutorials. Top work. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Beautiful image, I love it.

How do you find the Astrodon Gen 2 filters? Any reflection issues?
Do you use a flattener with your RCOS?


Greg.

[telecasterguru]

Ken,

Fabulous image and the zoom feature is great.

After all the praise I am going to have to have a look at you tutorials.

Thanks

Frank

[Ken Crawford]

Thanks for the kind words. This is an example that we have amazing tools for image processing as the seeing was not that good at Moorook during this shot (2.5"). It took several hours to dig out the details.

I am glad the tutorials are helpful, I just wish you all could make it to the Advanced Imaging Conference as it is great to see methods presented in real time.

www.aicccd.com (http://www.aicccd.com)

Kindest Regards,

[Ken Crawford]

Thanks Greg!

I love my Astrodon Gen 2 filters. I of course know Don very well as he lives one hour away and is my partner in the Moorook Observatory so I have no problem getting filters :)

I see no reflection issues from the filters but with a large chip like the 16803 and the KAF09000 I had to tame reflections in the image train itself on the RCOS. These telescopes were not optimized for these large format CCD so I had to do some Mods to knock down scattered light.

A field corrector is important with these large chips with any scope below say a 20" RC. My home system (20"RC) shows a 46% curvature of field without an FFC and 16% with one. Of course you can process out some of the effects but it is nice starting with as flat a field as possible.

Regards,

[Lester]

Beautiful image Ken. Thanks for the view.

[jase]

For what you've deemed as mediocre data due to bad weather, the image certainly provides pleasing details, Ken. Very nice work. Really enjoy the rich HII regions you've presented.

No complaints on the A'don Gen2 filters here either.